Farotimi told me he didn’t send Obi to beg Babalola – Lawyer (Channels) Tope Temokun, one of the lawyers representing human rights activist and legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, said his client did not send Peter Obi to beg octogenarian legal…
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Drop in beans price excites Lagos traders, consumers (Punch) Some Lagos State foodstuff traders and consumers are elated over the recent drop in the price of beans. The residents expressed their joy over the drop in the price of the…
Don’t cry for Dele Farotimi, cry for Nigeria — Promise Adiele
Genuine, unpretentious patriotism is deep, very deep. It arises from an unflinching, sometimes obdurate conviction that one’s country would one day recover from anaemic, degenerate conditions. With such persuasions, one strives to contribute to the country’s well-being mostly by utilizing…
Court denies Farotimi bail, adjourns case to Dec 20
The magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has denied the human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, bail. Farotimi was arraigned in court for allegedly defamation of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola. In his ruling, at the…
Court grants Dele Farotimi N50m bail
Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by an Ekiti State Magistrate Court, in a defamation case filed by Afe Babalola. The 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, announced the development on his X handle…
‘Defamation’: Afe Babalola breaks silence on Farotimi’s detention
Renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola, has disclosed the circumstances surrounding the arrest of the human rights Lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Babalola said that Farotimi defamed him in a recently published book. The…
Dele Farotimi’s book skyrockets to Amazon bestseller after arrest
Dele Farotimi’s book “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” has rocketed to Amazon’s number one bestseller list following the author’s arrest by armed policemen, sparking a nationwide conversation about freedom of expression. The book, which legal luminary Aare Afe Babalola…
How to get even and stay above reproach — Tara Aisida
I am a people pleaser. I do not know whether it is because of my birth order or my personality, but I do not like fighting with people. That is not to say that when a fight comes I turn…
Afenifere faction faults rights activist Dele Farotimi’s arrest, demands immediate release
Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has condemned the alleged abduction of legal practitioner and civil rights activist, Dele Farotimi, from his Lagos office by operatives of the Nigerian police. The group, in a statement on Monday signed by its Deputy Leader,…
WSICE 2022: Dele Farotimi, Bimbo Manuel, Ier Jonathan, others speak on “Citizenship & Nation Building”
Speakers in the Advocacy session of the 2022 edition of the annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange, WSICE, holding virtually on July 13, have been unveiled by the organisers. The WSICE 2022 programme, which is in celebration of Wole Soyinka’s…